Broom and socket therefor.



. H. l) EDLUND.

BHOOM AND SOCKET THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED nec. 4. I9Is.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J'. EDLUND, 0F BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

BROOM AND SOCKET THEREFOR.

Application led December 4, 1915.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. EDLUND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Burlington, in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Broom and Socket Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brooms and sockets therefor and has for an object to provide an improved arrangement whereby a single socket may be used for a large number of brooms.

Another object in view is to provide an improved arrangement of broom and socket whereby the broom may be quickly applied and removed merely by back and forth action.

A still further object in view is to provide a construction whereby a permanent socket attached to a handle is to be utilized and removable brooms are to be utilized, the construction of the removable brooms being such that the broom corn, bass, or any other broom material can be cut to uniform lengths and only long enough to allow for the wear of brooms whereby all waste of broom material will be eliminated.

Another object in view is to provide a removable broom wherein the broom material is securely held before entering the socket.

Another object is to provide a broom with a clamping member at one end and a socket coacting therewith for engaging the clamping member and also for pressing against the broom straws ata distance away from the clamping member and thereby acting as a substitute for the usual retaining stitches.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom disclosing 'an embodiment of the invention, the handle being broken away; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 2-2; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 3 3; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the parts in their loosened condition ready for the removal of the broom body; Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section through Fig. 1 on line 5 5; Fig. 6 is a transverse horizontal section through Fig. 1 on line 6-6; Fig. 7 is a transverse horizontal section through Fig. 1 on line 7-7 Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the entire Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3,1916.

Serial No. 65,1544.

broom, the parts being separated for the purpose of illustration.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the broom proper or body formed from broom straw or any other suitable material, the same being held properly-positioned by a clamping member 2 formed preferably `of metal. The member 2 is provided with a groove 3 and a plurality of notches 4. In forming the body `1 the end is compressed and clamping member 2 secured thereto by rivets or other suitable clamping members 5 passing through the clamping member 2 and through the broom cane forming the body 1. It will be observed that the clamping member 2 holds the broom cane in position and also acts as a member for engaging the socket 6 hereinafter described. The clamping member 2 may be made in one piece or a plurality of pieces but must be clamped firmly in posi tion by rivets 5 or other suitable means so that the end 7 will be substantially solid. The body 1 including the clamping member 2 is intended to be forced into the head or socket 6 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, whereby the clamping member 2 will be engaged and held in position and part of the socket 6 will overlap the body 1 to an appreciable extent so that the broom corn may be caused to have a gradual bending action instead of an abrupt bending action adjacent the clamping member 2.

The socket 6 `is preferably formed from stampings identically constructed except that one of the stampings is provided with ears S and 9, as shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 5, said ears overlapping the opposite section and secured thereto by suitable rivets. In addition to the rivets passing through the ears 8 and 9 other rivets or bolts 10 and 11 are provided firmly clamping the parts together, as well as the rivets or bolts 12 and 13 which not only hold the opposite parts of the socket to gether but hold the handle 14 in place. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the handle 14 has a section 15 extending beyond the inner end of the tubular end 16 of socket 6. From the tubular end 16 arms 17 and 18 project, which arms merge into guideways 19 and 20` said guideways receiving the ends of the body 1. The guideways 19 and 20 merge into transverse bars 22 and 23, which bars are provided with rounded clamping edges 24 and 25 engaging the body l an appreciable distance beyond the clamping member 2, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the broom corn may have a gradual bending action. The bars 22 and 23 are bent so as to have ribs acting as braces, said ribs merging into lateral ribs 26 and 27, which lateral ribs form part of the tongues or clamping plates 2S and 29. The clamping plates 28 and 29 are each provided with depressions 30 and 31 and with depending partially encircling members 32. The tongues or clamping plates not only act as resilient resisting members for engaging the grooves in the broom body, but in addition act to help make the device a perfectly rigid construction by extending the tongues up the end of the handle and slipping a ring thereover so that the handle, the socket and the center of the broom, together with the bracing bars, become securely held together.

I/Vhen the body l is forced into socket 6 as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 4, the depressions 4 in the clamping member 2 strike the members 30 and 3l so as to guide these members into the groove 3 whereby the parts will be assembled as more particularly shown in Figs. l and 3. After the parts have been thus assembled the retaining ring 33 is moved upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 3, thus locking the plates or tongues 28 and 29 firmly in position and, consequently, locking the body l against removal. It is of course evident that the tongues 28 and 29 and also bars 22 and 23 are somewhat resilient, as they are made preferably from stamped material and thereby may be sprung as described so that the parts may be easily assembled or disassembled and when assembled may be locked against removal. In order that the ring 33 may act more easily the upper edge is beveled at 34 (Fig. 3) whereby the same may slide freely over members 32. It will be observed that the extension 15 of the handle 14 acts as a filling block against which the members 32 are pressed by ring 33.

By providing a socket of the kind described and a broom with clamping arrangement 2 the broom material can be cut just long enough to allow for wear of broom, whereas in the present manufacture of brooms the broom material has to be long enough to extend partly up the handle to allow same to be held in place. Also, in

the ordinary brooms now on the market lthe work of placing the wire thereon requires considerable manual labor and also the finished broom requires rows of stitching for preventing undue and injurious spreading of the broom corn. By the arrangement as shown particularly in Fig. S, the clampingv member 2 will hold the upper end of the broom corn rigidly in position and the bars 22 and 23 overlapping the clamping member to a large extent will provide bracing means which takes the place of the stitching heretofore.

What I claim is:

l. In a device of the character described, a socket member provided with an encircling end for receiving a handle, arms extending from said encircling member merging into guideways, .a pair of transverse bars connected with said guideways, and clamping plates extending from said transverse bars, said clamping plates having projections extending therefrom, and a vbroom body formed with a member on the end having depressions therein, said depressions being adapted to accommodate said projections on said plates when the body is arranged in the socket for securing the body to the socket.

2. In a. device of the character described, a socket provided with a pair of resilient tongues having depressions, a ring for preventing the spreading of said tongues, and a broom body formed with a member at one end and grooves therein for fitting said tongues whereby the broom body is locked in the socket.

3. In a device of the character described` a socket provided with transverse bars and clamping plates extending therefrom, said clamping plates being provided with pressed-out lugs, a ring adapted to engage said clamping plates for preventing the spreading thereof, a broom body, and a clamping member for clamping the broom body, said clamping member being provided with depressions adapted to .accommodate said pressed-out lugs on said plates, whereby the broom body is clamped to the socket.

4. In a device of the character described, a socket member provided with a frame including transverse bracing bars and a tubular section, clamping plates extending from said transverse bars toward the tubular section, a handle extending through said tubular section, a ring for causing said clamping plates to hug the end of the handle extending through the tubular section, and a broom body adapted to lit between said bracing bars and said clamping plates, said clamping plates acting to hold the broom ,body against removal while the bracing bars brace the broom straw of the body.

5. In a device of the character described, a socket formed with a body or frame comprising a tubular portion for receiving a handle, transverse bracing bars and means for connecting the bracing bars with the tubular member, said means acting in the capacity of guides, a clamping plate extending from each of said: transverse bars toward the tubular member, eachv of said clamping plates being formed with a pair of` depressions therein which produce lugs, a broomv body provided with a clamping member in one end having a groove therein which is adapted to accommodate said lugs, and a retaining ring for engaging the ends of said clamping plates for holding the lugs in said groove.

6.y In a device of the character described, an integrally constructed socket provided with resilient tongues having lugs projecting therefrom, and a broom body formed with a clamping' member at one end, which clamping member is provided with depressions adapted to accommodate said lugs whereby the broom body is retained in said socket.

7. In a device of the character described, a broom formed with a clamping member around one end, said clamping member having a body provided with a groove and rivets or connecting means for securing the clamping member in position on the body, a socket provided with resilient members adapted to snap into said groove when the socket is forced over said clamping member, and means for locking the socket in engagement with said clamping member, said socket overlapping part of said broom body for acting as a bracing member spaced from the end thereof for giving the straws a gradual bend.

8. In a device of the character described, a socket member provided with an encircling end for receiving a handle, arms extending from said encircling end merging into guideways, a pair of transverse bars connected with said guideways, a clamping plate extending from said transverse bars, said clamping plates having projections ex tending therefrom, a broom body formed with a member on the end having depressions therein, said depressions being adapted to accommodate said projections on said plates when the broom body is arranged in the socket for securing the body to the socket, and a ring slidably fitting over said clamping plates for preventing any stretching thereof, whereby said projections will be maintained in said depressions.

9. In a device of the character described, a rigidly constructed socket provided with a pair of resilient tongues having depressed portions, and a broom formed with a clamping member at one end adapted to hold the broom straws 1n position, said clamping member being formed with depressions for receiving said depressed portions whereby the broom body is locked in the socket.

10. In a device of the character described, a rigidly formed socket provided with bracing bars formed to extend entirely around a broom and thereby brace the broom Copies of this patent may be obtained for from the sides and edges, and means for holding the broom body in said socket so that the bracing bars will engage the broom an appreciable distance away from the end of the broom and thereby allow the broom straws to be bent properly.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination with a broom having a binding member at one end for holding the straws in position, of a rigidly constructed socket for receiving the end of said broom, said socket being formed with bracing bars having curved edges adapted to engage and press against said body an appreciable distance from said binding member, whereby the working or bending of the straws will be in a comparatively large curve, and means extending from the bracing bars for engaging said binding member for holding the broom body in the socket.

12. In a device of the character described, a broom body formed with a clamping band at one end, said band having a depressed section extending around the broom body for holding the broom material firmly in place without breaking the same, and a socket for receiving the broom body.

13. In a device of the character described, the combination with a broom body formed with a clamping band at one end having a depressed section for firmly holding the broom material in place without breaking, of a socket for receiving said body provided with means extending to the depression in said band for locking the body in the socket, and a bracing bar engaging the body an appreciable distance from the band.

14. In a device of the character described, a socket for a broom comprising bracing bars adapted to encircle the broom, a pair of tongues extending from the bracing bars toward the handle, each of said bracing bars being formed with depressed members adapted to engage the broom body when placed in the socket and locking the broom body against removal, and side bars connected with the bracing bars and extending at an angle so as to merge together at a central point, said central point being formed as a tube for receiving a handle, said handle being adapted to be extended through said tube so that the movement'of said tongues is limited in one direction thereby.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. M. SIGNOR, C. Gr. MANsrmLD.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

